BSP supremo Mayawati has questioned the opposition's "impatience" to visit the Valley amid restrictions, saying government should be given time to bring normalcy in the region.

BSP chief Mayawati &nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI

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Mayawati has questioned opposition's "impatience" over Jammu and Kashmir

It is better to wait a bit, which is also considered by the Honorable Court: Mayawati

Lucknow: Two days after a delegation of opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, made an unsuccessful attempt to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday questioned the opposition's "impatience" to visit the Valley amid restrictions.

Asserting the Supreme Court's stand that time should be given to BJP-led NDA government to bring normalcy in the region, Mayawati said that the visit only gave the opportunity to the ruling coalition to do politics over it and didn't serve any purpose.

"It will take some time for the situation to become normal there. It is better to wait a bit, which is also considered by the Honorable Court," Mayawati tweeted.

Mayawati also reiterated her support to the abrogation of Article 370 which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir citing Ambedkar's philosophy of equality, unity, and integrity of the country.

"As it's known that Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was always been in favor of equality, unity, and integrity of the country, hence he was not in favor of making provision of Article 370 separately in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. For this reason, the BSP supported the removal of this clause in Parliament," Mayawati tweeted.

On Saturday, Rahul Gandhi, along with several others - Ghulam Nabi Azad Congress, Anand Sharma, Sitaram Yechury, Sharad Yadav, Manoj Jha, Majeed Memon, Tiruchi Shiva, and D Raja - went to Srinagar to take stock of the situation. However, the delegation was stopped at the airport and was sent back within hours.

Opposition leaders alleged that they were detained at the airport in Srinagar in an 'unconstitutional' and 'undemocratic' manner. Rahul Gandhi speaking to the media upon returning to Delhi said that the delegation went in response to the "invite of the governor of Jammu and Kashmir for visiting the state".

"We wanted to get a sense of what people are going through and help the situation if we could. But unfortunately, we were not allowed to go beyond the airport. The press people with us were mishandled, beaten. It's clear that things are not normal in Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

Governor replied to Rahul saying that he invited him out of goodwill but he started doing politics. It (their visit) was nothing but a political action by these people. Parties should keep in mind the national interest at these times," news agency ANI quoted Malik as saying.

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